Sunday, April 18, 2010

Removing Ubuntu from dual-boot with Vista

My computer is now running dual-boot Ubuntu and Vista. I've been using Ubuntu on my day-to-day working and almost never coming back to Vista for a while.
However, I will give this machine to someone else, and therefore I need to remove Ubuntu from the machine and switch it back to Vista.

Before completely removing Ubuntu, I did a research of how to recover back the MBR. Luckily, I found this website, and here are the steps to restore the MBR for Vista:

1. Put the Windows Vista installation disc in the disc drive, and then start the computer.
2. Press a key when you are prompted.
3. Select a language, a time, a currency, a keyboard or an input method, and then click Next.
4. Click Repair your computer.
5. Click the operating system that you want to repair, and then click Next.
6. In the System Recovery Options dialog box, click Command Prompt.
7. Type Bootrec.exe /FixMbr, and then press ENTER.

I haven't tried that yet, I will try it when I'm ready to hand-over this machine. Hope it will works as expected.



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